Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice said in a letter to Congress that it has released all the files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The letter, sent to lawmakers on Saturday night, also included the names of more than 300 "politically exposed persons" who are mentioned in the overall Epstein files, which includes former presidents, politicians, business people and artists.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General sent the letter to inform the leaders of the House and Senate judiciary committees -- Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Jamie Raskin, D-Md. -- that it has completed its review and release of the appropriate records related to Epstein.
The six-page letter is meant to confirm that the department has "released all 'records, documents, communications and investigative materials'" in its possession, and includes lists of categories of records that have been released and withheld, a summary and basis for redactions, and a list of all government officials and politically exposed people in the documents that DOJ has released.
Congress in December passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act to require the Justice Department to release all unclassified records in a searchable and downloadable format.
